Watertown Plank Road

Watertown Plank Road (HMKTL)

Location: Milwaukee, WI 53208 Milwaukee County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 2.525', W 87° 57.752'

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Started in 1848 and completed in 1853, extended 58 miles west from Milwaukee on a course roughly paralleling State Street past the Frederick Miller Plank Road Brewery through Wauwatosa, Pewaukee, and Oconomowoc to Watertown. The $110,000 road of white oak planks provided a route for farm products, wood, lime, and passenger vehicles. It cut roundtrip travel time to three days, all at a toll of about one cent a mile.
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HM NumberHMKTL
Series This marker is part of the Wisconsin: Wisconsin Historical Society series
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Marker Number36
Year Placed1955
Placed ByMilwaukee County Historical Society
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, September 6th, 2014 at 5:05am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16T E 421598 N 4765937
Decimal Degrees43.04208333, -87.96253333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 2.525', W 87° 57.752'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 2' 31.50" N, 87° 57' 45.12" W
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Area Code(s)414, 920, 262
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 3931 W State St, Milwaukee WI 53208, US
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